There are many sophisticated ways to go to the next world, but could we have thought just a couple of years ago that people would die trying to take a photo on the very edge of an abyss or with a gun to their head?

1. A 17-year-old Russian schoolgirl from St. Petersburg, Ksenia Ignatieva, was only a month shy of coming of age. Being at the very top of the railway bridge, the girl lost her balance for a second and fell down. While falling, she caught on a high-voltage cable, which led to instant death.

2. 32-year-old resident of North Carolina (USA), Courtney Sanford, was driving along a busy highway, singing the Pharrell Williams song “Happy”. It was the desire to share happiness with others that forced the woman to take a dangerous selfie and post the photo on Facebook. This was the very last thing she managed to do before her death. Losing control, a second later Courtney crashed into a garbage truck and died on the spot.

3. The next dangerous selfie that led to death was attempted by a Japanese tourist while visiting the Taj Mahal. Choosing a good angle, he stumbled and rolled down the marble steps, knocking down his comrade. The friend escaped with a broken leg, but the lover of extreme photography died of a heart attack. His death was far from the first on the steps of an Indian temple and, judging by the trend, it is unlikely to be the last.

4. It’s hard to imagine what (or rather, what) Mexican Oscar Otero was thinking about a second before his death, trying to take a selfie with a gun to his temple.

The result is predictable: the 21-year-old macho shot himself in the head without having time to take a photo. It’s a shame, because now only a pathologist knows what was in his brain.

5. The following is one of the last selfies before death is simply monstrous in its recklessness. A married couple from Poland, while vacationing in , decided to photograph themselves at the most extreme point of Europe, Cape Cabo da Roca. A sudden gust of wind threw both of them over the edge of an 80-meter cliff in front of their children, 5 and 6 years old. Psychologists have been working with them for a long time and are faced with not an easy task: Convincing orphans that their parents were normal people.

6. Another candidate for the Darwin Award is 18-year-old Anna Ursu from Romania. Having climbed onto the roof of the train, she wanted to “effectively raise her leg,” as her miraculously surviving friend later explained. The effect was quite impressive: having touched a high-voltage wire with her foot, the lover of dangerous selfies immediately flared up like a torch, receiving a discharge of 27,000 volts.

7. Selfies with dangerous animals also often cause death. 32-year-old Spaniard David Gonzalez, during the traditional festival, could not catch himself and the bull in the frame. Carried away, he did not notice how one of the animals ran up to him from behind and literally impaled him on his horns. It was not possible to save the unlucky photographer.

8. A resident of the UK, while visiting Wales, was so impressed by the raging thunderstorm that he decided to film himself with lightning in the background. If he hadn't skipped physics classes at school, he would have known how dangerous his latest selfie at the very top of the hill with a metal stick raised up could be. The unlucky photographer did not pretend to be a lightning rod for long: after a few seconds, the very first lightning strike ended in his death.

9. If an individual photo from an extreme place hardly surprises anyone, then a group selfie taken a moment before death is something new. A group of 24 Indian students and teachers wanted to take pictures of themselves in front of the dam, unaware that the reservoir had started releasing water. As a result, only 5 bodies were found, the rest were missing.

10. Several groups of tourists found themselves at the site of an unexpected eruption of the Ontake volcano in Japan. In a matter of minutes, a dangerous mixture of ash, gas and stones fell on everyone who was nearby. Few managed to escape; more than 30 people became victims of the volcano.

The most interesting thing began after a while, when the smoke cleared and the rescue operation began. Having found the surviving phones, rescuers were shocked by the latest entries. It turns out that when the eruption began, many tourists, instead of running, spent precious seconds taking selfies and shooting videos.

One of the online publications calculated that in 2015 the number of victims of unsuccessful photos exceeded the number of victims of shark teeth worldwide. The epidemic is only gaining momentum and the most dangerous selfies before death are yet to come...

A young woman suffered fatal head injuries after leaning topless out of a car.

A young woman wearing only white panties leans out of a red Kia Picanto, jokes and laughs. Then he leans back. The video is interrupted by a scream of horror. At the exit from the highway in Punta Cana, the girl is literally carried out of the car. It turned out that she crashed her head into road sign showing the direction to the airport.

This was last night. And in the morning, a video with a naked Natasha, who had died by that time from her injuries, was posted by the NTV channel. By evening, the video had received more than 120 thousand views. An order of magnitude more than other videos with deaths on vacation. A woman named Ivanna may have witnessed the incident. Presumably, she was driving the car at the moment when the tragedy occurred. Some media write that Ivanna herself filmed the video on her mobile phone, others - that the smartphone with the camera turned on was fixed, and the shooting was carried out in automatic mode. And then the video somehow ends up on the NTV channel, then Ren-TV. Who provided such “cinema” to journalists? At the time of publication of the article, it was not possible to find out the answer to this question: we were unable to reach the press service of the NTV channel; the specified number did not answer.

The Dominican community appealed to everyone who knows anything about the girl, since Natalia only had her international passport with her. Little is known about her. According to some sources, she is a native of Chelyabinsk, according to others - the region. The woman is very beautiful, with the appearance of a film actress, she looks much younger than her 35 years. She moved first to Moscow and then to Cannes, where she was engaged in real estate sales. I was on vacation in the Dominican Republic. There are many photographs of Natalia on social networks, which indicate that she loved beautiful life– went skiing, traveled a lot. Nothing is known about Ivanna yet, except that she is a citizen of Ukraine and permanently resides in the Dominican Republic.

On May 24, Natasha left a note under one of the photographs, which can be considered prophetic: “Remember one simple truth: everything that should happen will definitely happen, no matter how hard you try to avoid it, everything that should not happen will not happen, no matter how you didn't want this. Therefore, remain calm in any situation.”

Currently, the number of cases of people dying after taking selfies in unfortunate places has increased, so some countries have begun to create free zones for selfies, where this pastime does not pose a threat to life.

Below are the TOP 17 selfies of people who died a few seconds after it.

1. A Japanese tourist on vacation in India, trying to take the desired position, tragically died after falling from the stairs at the Taj Mahal.

2. In August 2015, a man was gored to death by a bull while trying to take a selfie during a fight between two bulls.

In her photo, the girl was happy, but unfortunately, it was her last photo. Her selfie was so good that the family decided to save it for a gravestone monument.

4. This tragic incident occurred in the western point of Europe in Cabo da Roca. One Polish couple was too obsessed with taking photos to show how much they loved life. A man and a woman fell hundreds of meters down and died, their last photo being all that was left for their young children.

5. This selfie was taken by a mother and son on a holiday flight to Kuala Lumpur and uploaded to social media moments before the plane was hit by a missile while flying over Ukraine.

6. A Chinese businessman ignored all safety instructions and entered the pool where a 1.5-ton female walrus was located. While trying to take a selfie with her, the man was torn to pieces so quickly that zoo workers did not have time to come to his aid.

7. Jenni Rivera was a Mexican music legend and her death shocked everyone. The forty-three-year-old singer died in a stampede on a plane with six friends. The accident occurred on December 9, 2012 and was the main news for weeks on end. The selfie was taken moments before her death.

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8. This incident happened in the army. Three Russian soldiers stationed in the Urals decided to take a grenade to spice up their selfie. Unfortunately, the grenade exploded right in their hands, killing all three.

9. This tragic incident occurred with a 43-year-old man in Washington. For a better photo, he decided to take a selfie with the gun, put his finger on the trigger, but his finger slipped.

To make matters worse, he was next to his girlfriend, who witnessed the entire scene.

10. The pilot lost control of the plane and crashed while trying to take a selfie. The phone with the photo was found near the wreckage.

11. This incident happened to an English traveler who decided to take a photo during a thunderstorm. Lightning struck a metal selfie stick, killing a man.

12. James Nichols, came to South Africa to meet a girlfriend he met online. On their first date, they were trying to create an interesting photo on the edge of a cliff when the 21-year-old fell down.

13. In May 2015, while trying to take a selfie on the roof of a train, a Romanian girl, Anna Ursu, burned to death after accidentally touching a high-voltage wire. Lying on the roof of the carriage, the girl raised her legs up and accidentally caught one of the cables with a voltage of 27,000 volts, the current instantly passed through the girl’s body. Passers-by were unable to help the girl; she died in the hospital from 50 percent burns to her body.

14. This is a selfie of a bride who died in a car accident on the way to her bachelorette party. The photo was taken a few seconds before the blow, after which the girl died.

15. This popular activity claimed the life of Oscar Reyes in January 2015, who was trying to film something exciting in the bathroom. The young man could not resist and fell, injuring his head. Oscar was found by his mother in a pool of blood.

16. Oliver Park ignored all safety regulations and chose a dangerous place for his selfie. His feet slipped off the rocks and the young man fell down.

Incredible facts

Photography is, first of all, memory.

With the advent of smartphones equipped with front cameras, the so-called selfie.

Sometimes people cross the line and go to extreme measures to photograph themselves in the most bizarre situations.

They do not take into account either the dangers or the warnings.

In order to post a photo on your page in social network and get a bunch of enthusiastic comments and likes, people take terrible risks.

However, in pursuit of dubious pleasure and fleeting fame, you can lose the most valuable thing - life.

Unfortunately, for some particularly desperate lovers of self-portraits, a selfie can become the last hobby, and the photo taken - the dying one.

However, there are also those who take pictures in the most ordinary and harmless situations, without even suspecting that their photo will be the last.

This collection of seemingly ordinary selfies has a terrible ending, as the photographs were taken moments before the death of their owners.

Dangerous selfies

1. Selfie on the bridge

17-year-old Ksenia Ignatieva, trying to impress her friends, climbed onto a railway bridge. The schoolgirl wanted to take a selfie against the backdrop of the rails going into the distance, but lost her balance and fell off the iron structure.

The tragedy happened in the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg.

When Ksenia fell, she grabbed an electrical cable and received an electric shock. The girl died immediately.

2. Selfie on board the plane

On December 9, 2012, Mexican singer Jenni Rivera and his six close friends took this selfie before taking off on a private jet.

A couple of minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed, leaving none of those captured in this photograph alive.

Last selfie

3. Selfie in the car

On April 26, 2014, 32-year-old Courtney Sanford was killed in a car accident. Literally a couple of seconds before death to the song of Pharrell Williams (Pharrell Williams) the woman managed to post her self-portrait on Facebook.

4. Selfie on a motorcycle

This selfie was taken by famous Puerto Rican musician Jadiel and uploaded to Instagram moments before the fatal accident that took his life.

The tragedy occurred in New York in May 2014.

5. Selfie on board the plane

Gary Slok and his mom took this selfie moments before the infamous Malaysian airliner MH17 took off, which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014.

This photograph became famous after the whole world began to mourn the passengers of the tragic flight.

Deadly selfie

6. Selfie with a gun

21-year-old Oscar Otero Aguilar (Oscar Otero Aguilar) shot himself while trying to come up with an interesting selfie to post on Facebook later.

The young man took the weapon that was kept at his home and prepared to pose for the camera. However, by accidentally pulling the trigger, the guy fired a fatal shot into his head. The tragedy occurred in the summer of 2014.

Death selfie

7. Selfie on the river bank

In July of that year, this 13-year-old teenager, Karen Hernández, wanted take a selfie on the river bank in Durango, Mexico.

Karen did not calculate her own strength, lost her balance, fell into the water and drowned. Some time later, rescuers found her body.

8. Selfie at the top of the train

In March 2014, a tragedy occurred in Jaen, Spain: a 21-year-old man was electrocuted when he climbed onto the roof of a train to take an unusual selfie.

It is worth noting that stories of this kind, when desperate young people climb onto the roof of a train to travel through a tunnel or take an unusual selfie , is far from uncommon.

As a rule, such attempts to have fun end in tragedy.

9. Selfie in the car

These two Iranian women wanted to do selfie while singing karaoke in the car. They were so carried away by singing that they stopped looking at the road and crashed into a passing car.

The girls still managed to survive. On the way to the hospital, they took another selfie.

10. Selfie on the rocks

A Polish couple on holiday in Portugal tried to take a selfie by climbing onto the edge of a cliff. The couple fell and were killed.

The death of the parents was witnessed by their small children, 5 and 6 years old, who stood below and waited for mom and dad.

The tragedy occurred in August 2014.

11. Selfie in the car

These 2 young women were going to a pre-wedding bachelorette party. The selfie was taken by one of the girls a second before a head-on collision with another car occurred.

One of the friends, Collette Moreno, died just a couple of days before her own wedding.

12. Selfie on the river bank

On June 9, a tragedy that occurred in India claimed the lives of more than 20 people. A group of students and teachers of an engineering college went on an excursion to the city of Manali.

About 20 people separated from the general group to take photographs on the banks of the Beas River. Those wishing to take selfies were simply washed away by the wave that rose after the release of water from the reservoir of a local hydroelectric power station.

The bodies of 5 victims were found immediately. Some are still considered missing.

Extreme people or just idiots? Maybe it’s both. There are many ways to die, but few are as pointless as dangerous selfies. However, in recent years there is no doubt that selfies have become more and more deadly. All over the world there are young homo sapiens who are injured or even killed themselves - all for the sake of a photo that they think will make them look cool and for “likes” on social networks.

Journalists calculated that in 2015 alone, “deadly selfies” caused the deaths of 50 people around the world. The number of people who managed to get away with injuries in the pursuit of spectacular self-deceptions has not yet been taken into account, but it is clearly greater. How many people died in 2016 - we don’t have statistics, but there is a strong feeling that the number of extreme idiots is only growing.

Over the past few years, selfies have become a fixation for many Internet users. Some people take photos during really scary moments, like balancing on the edge of a steep ledge or jumping in front of a train. Following the desire to take pictures of themselves and immediately post them on the Internet, people lose their sense of reality and forget about the risks that threaten their health and life. Certainly, each of the victims would agree that even an absolutely “perfect selfie” was not worth their life. By the way, English speakers are increasingly calling them “killfi” (from “kill” - to kill). The task of the older generation is to teach young people to increase self-esteem in other ways and begin to value their lives more! We remember tragedies that might not have happened if we didn’t have a phone with a camera and a manic desire to earn likes on social networks.

15. Anna Ursu

Tragedy struck Romania in May 2015, when a Romanian girl literally caught fire after accidentally touching an exposed wire while trying to get a “cool selfie” on the roof of a train. 18-year-old Anna Ursu and her friend went to the train station in the town of Lasi to take a “special selfie” that she wanted to post on her Facebook page. When the girl was lying on the roof of the train and raised her leg up, she accidentally touched a bare wire through which a current of 27,000 volts was flowing. She instantly caught fire and received extensive burns. Despite the best efforts of a passerby who tried to save Anna, the 18-year-old girl later died in hospital with burns to about 50 percent of her body. The discharge that hit Anna was so strong that it threw away the friend who was accompanying her, and he simply flew to the side. The friend later recovered in hospital and explained that the couple were so determined to get the "perfect" selfie that they didn't have time to stop and consider the risks. There was no time for that, in general.

14. Ramon Gonzalez

Ramon Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican rapper who was widely known by his stage name Jadiel. He performed several hits, which earned him a name. Tragically, a dangerous selfie attempt claimed the life of a 27-year-old in 2014. The rapper was said to be planning to take a selfie while riding a motorcycle. Apparently, he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the road and crashed into a car in the oncoming lane. Although Ramon was taken to a nearby hospital, he later died from his injuries. The rapper's death was announced on Facebook as follows: "As the official page of Jadiel, we confirm that our angel has flown to heaven and we want to tell you that we have lost a great artist. The angel has gone to heaven, El-Tsunami Jadiel QEPD, brother, wherever you are, God bless you."

3. Silvia Raquel

The Triana Bridge was built in the mid-19th century and immediately gained fame as one of the most popular places in Seville. The structure is now one of the most photographed landmarks in the region. 23-year-old Silvia was trying to take a selfie on this famous Puente de Triana bridge. She climbed onto the ledge, holding onto the railing with one hand and holding the phone with the other. For some time she balanced on the edge, trying to find a good angle. At some point, she slipped and fell 4.5 meters onto the bridge support structure. After the fall, Rachel's heart stopped, and despite doctors' attempts to save her, the girl soon died in hospital from numerous injuries. "This was a tragic accident and we are now looking at ways to make the area along the river safe," a city spokesman said.

12. Oscar Otero Aguilar

Playing with guns is dangerous, and taking a selfie with a gun may, as it turns out, be the last time in your life. In 2014, a Mexican man died while trying to take a selfie with a gun that accidentally went off and fatally wounded him. The victim, 21-year-old Oscar Aguilar Otero, had previously posted selfies on Facebook with expensive cars or motorcycles, as well as beautiful women. But the selfie with the gun turned out to be the last. Otero died on the way to the hospital. One of his friends was arrested, but the incident was later ruled a negligent homicide (accidental death). The fact that Oscar was under the influence of alcohol is believed to have played a large role in the tragedy.

11. Jamshid Khan

Jamshid Khan, a 22-year-old Pakistani man who died during his doomed attempt to take a selfie in front of a moving train. Khan was an employee of the railway station, where he lost his life. Apparently, he believed that he would have time to take a selfie with the approaching train in the background, and would be able to jump to the side. But this happened to me, events did not unfold according to his scenario, and a tragedy occurred - a young man died under a train. He was crushed by the force of a multi-ton impact and died instantly. Presumably, the guy was looking at the train through the phone screen (more precisely, through the camera lens) and did not understand how close the train had come.

10. Ceska Agas

A 17-year-old girl named Cheska Agas drowned while taking a group selfie after celebrating a friend's birthday in the Philippines. A young student was engulfed by a wave while the group was taking photos in front of Bangui's famous windmills on the beach in Barangay Maziquil. A group of friends decided to pose very close to the coastline. It is assumed that everyone in the group was distracted by looking at their phone, as none of them noticed that a large wave was approaching. When the wave hit, the entire group was scattered across the water. Unfortunately, Cheska drowned before her absence was noticed and help could be provided. The police immediately rushed Miss Agas to a nearby hospital, but the girl had already died.

9. Oscar

New variety Selfie - Olympics, features the most ridiculous photographs with the participation of photographers. 18-year-old Oscar first posed for a photo in a SpongeBob costume, and his photo received more than 200 likes, after which he decided to take a similar photo on the bathroom door. However, the guy fell from the door and smashed his head on the toilet. He died from severe bleeding. So Oscar Reyes became a victim of what is known as #selfieolympics.

8. Polish parents

In 2014, a Polish couple tried to take a selfie with their children at the edge of a cliff in Cabo da Roca, Portugal. They took off from Cabo da Roca in front of children aged 5 and 6 years old. The latter needed serious psychological help after the incident. They were immediately taken into the care of Polish diplomats and psychologists. It is believed that the couple decided to cross the security barrier in order to take the "better" selfie. The bodies of the man and woman were not discovered until the next day due to high tide.

7. Russian men with a grenade

While clarifying the circumstances of the death of two young South Urals residents, investigators found a photograph taken before the explosion in a mobile phone found in the apartment. It shows one of the dead holding a grenade with the pin pulled out. The tragedy in Chebarkul occurred on January 4, 2015. On the official website of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Chelyabinsk Region, information was posted that in an apartment in one of the houses on Oktyabrskaya Street, two local residents, aged 17 and 24, were killed in a grenade explosion. Based on this fact, a criminal case was initiated for illegal storage of ammunition. Chebarkul investigators established that on the day of the tragedy, friends came to the victims, with whom they drank more than one bottle of vodka. Moreover, the guests who left the apartment two hours before the explosion do not remember having a grenade during the party. It was established that the exploding RGN was produced in 1989. How it fell into the hands of the victims still remains a mystery.

6. Turkish teenager

In Antalya, friends taking selfies were run over by a truck and ended up on the main road. An attempt by five friends to take a selfie on a highway led to the tragic death of two of them. As Turkish media reported, friends traveled from Alanya to Antalya in a rented car to have fun. Their entertainment program apparently included a selfie - so they lay down on the main road and tried to take a selfie. At this time, the friends were run over by a truck. As a result, two of the young people died on the spot. The rest of the friends managed to escape death at the last moment.

5. Ksenia Ignatieva

Another terrible example of “selfie murder”: Ksenia Ignatieva from St. Petersburg thought she would take the most beautiful and original selfie. A 17-year-old girl even decided to climb the ten-meter-high structures of a railway bridge, but when she reached her goal, she stumbled. In an attempt to maintain her balance, Ksenia grabbed the live wire with her hand. The electric shock threw her off the bridge, where Ksenia’s body was found by police. Apparently, at the moment of the flash, the girl began to fall and grabbed the high-voltage cable with her hand. The electric shock and fall from a height left the girl no chance of survival.

4. Andrey Petrovsky

In Vologda, an 11th grade student at a local school, Andrei Petrovsky, tragically died while trying to take another risky selfie. The young man miscalculated his strength and fell from a height of 9 floors. As a result, he received injuries incompatible with life. It all happened when Andrei and two friends climbed onto the roof of a high-rise building on Pskovskaya Street. There the guy asked the guys to take a photo of him, but the usual photo against the backdrop of the evening city did not suit the amateur thrills, and he decided to depict the fall. As a result, the student could not resist and broke down. “The teenager fell into the bushes, so the blow was softened. He was taken to the hospital, but the doctors could not save his life,” reported the Investigative Directorate of Russia for the Vologda Region. Journalists note that extreme selfies were a favorite hobby young man: Andrey collected a whole collection of photographs, in many of which he imitated a fall. After Andrei’s death, the launch of the “Safe Selfie” campaign was announced in Russia. Internal Affairs officers told the teenagers about various dangerous situations that could arise during a selfie. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed a special memo.

3. Colette Moreno

The US bride took a selfie minutes before the fatal accident: best friends Colette Moreno and Ashley Theobald were driving to a bachelorette party when their Chevrolet Malibu collided with a pickup truck. Theobald survived, but Moreno died. The New York Daily News reported that the 26-year-old friends were traveling to the Lake of the Ozarks for Colette's pre-wedding bachelorette party. Theobald wrote on her Facebook page that she was allowed to leave work early for the sake of the party. And Colette posted an optimistic selfie. Eight minutes later, Ashley's life changed forever, and her friend died.

2. Death on the first date

James Nichols and Shayenne Holloway had a long-distance relationship for a long time - they corresponded via the Internet. When the couple finally decided to meet, they went to Northcliffe Hill, the second highest peak in Johannesburg. The lovers stopped on the edge of a cliff to take a selfie against the backdrop of the setting sun. According to one witness, Ms. Holloway stood on a large rock at the very top while Mr. Nichols set up a tripod. The stone rolled down, and Sheyenne fell with it from a height of 15 meters. Nichols rushed to her side and performed CPR for 20 minutes until paramedics arrived. But it was no longer possible to save Miss Holloway - she died on the spot.

1. Mohammed el-Shaar

Mohammed el-Shaar was an ordinary 16-year-old boy who was spending the day hanging out with friends when tragedy struck. The incident occurred in Lebanon when Mohammed was posing for a selfie with three companions. This is a classic case of wrong place and time, because it was at the moment of the photo that someone nearby went up in the air. As it turned out later, there was an explosion and a terrorist attack. Mohammad is seen in his latest photo wearing a red hoodie while his best friend Omar Bekdash takes a photo with his phone. After the tragedy, Muhammad's mother said that her son loved basketball and dreamed of becoming an NBA star. Unfortunately, Muhammad will never be able to achieve his dream.